Supply Chain Quality Auditor

Supply Chain Quality Auditor

• Opportunity to grow your Food Safety & Quality Auditing career!

• Flexible work arrangement – 3 days in office, 2 days remote

• Approximately 1x week per month of AUS interstate travel required, occasionally to NZ

Grow Your Supply Chain & Quality Career with Kraft Heinz!

Are you looking to grow your auditing career in Supply Chain & Quality Assurance? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a Supply Chain Quality Auditor to join our Quality team based out of Melbourne, Australia!

The Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Ensure suppliers meet required global expectations and compliance standards

• Plan and manage audit schedules for suppliers and warehouse facilities based on risk and required timeframes

• Review supplier approval documentation, including GFSI certification and vendor questionnaires

• Complete audit reports and communicate any critical or major issues to suppliers and the wider business as required

• Manage and resolve supplier non-conformances, including complaints, corrective action follow-up, serious incidents, and audit-raised issues

• Take part in quarterly business reviews with procurement and key stakeholders to review supplier quality performance

• Coordinate with wider supply chain quality teams to maintain a consistent and effective supplier approval and management approach

• Partner with site food safety and quality leads/teams and run regular collaboration meetings to address ongoing supplier issues

• Ensure all suppliers are assessed against key supplier rules and drive progress toward 100% compliance with stakeholders

• Implement and track risk reduction and cost reduction programs to ensure they are effective

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, or food science & nutrition

• Lead Auditor experience in food manufacturing (highly regarded)

• Proven experience in a food safety and quality auditing role

• Strong attention to detail, with proven problem-solving and analytical skills

• Confident communicator, able to challenge constructively and manage cross-functional relationships

• Willing and able to travel locally within Australia and NZ, with approximately one week per month required.

• Current driver’s licence & Passport (for overseas travel if required) and full working rights in Australia

• Eligibility to work in Australia – with full working rights

Benefits of working with us

• Hybrid Working – Flexibility around when and where you work
• Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package
• Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers
• Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter
• Novated Leasing
• In House Training Programs
• Corporate Discount Programs

Ready to make an Impact?

If you're passionate about Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain, eager to learn, and enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your application. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close our job advertisements early.

Location(s)

Freshwater

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.